''Hit and Run'' is a 1957 American

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film noir directed by Hugo Haas starring Cleo Moore,

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, and

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. The movie was Moore's final film appearance. She gained popularity earlier in the 1950s in B-movie film noirs released by

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, for which Moore was a contract player.

Plot

Gus Hilmer, a moneyed garage, property and junkyard owner, falls in love with and marries a showgirl named Julie who is many years younger than himself. This causes tension between Hilmer and Frankie, Gus's young auto mechanic employee whom he has befriended, and treated like a son. In due course, Frank and Julie develop an emotional attachment. Frank is drawn to Julie and subsequently plots to get rid of her husband. On a dark, remote road, Frankie runs down Gus with a car, killing him. He and Julie are free to be together and run the garage, or at least they think they are until Gus's twin brother turns up.

Cast

* Cleo Moore as Julie Hilmer *

as Gus Hilmer/Twin Brother *

as Frank * Dolores Reed as Miranda * Mara Lea as Anita (Credited as Mari Lea) * Pat Goldin as Undertaker * John Zaremba as Doctor * Robert Cassidy as Sheriff * Carl Milletaire as Lawyer * Dick Paxton as Waiter *

Julie Mitchum Julie Mitchum (born Annette Mitchum, July 23, 1914 – February 21, 2003) was an American actress. Biography Mitchum was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to James Thomas Mitchum and Ann Harriet Gunderson. Unlike her younger brothers ...

as Circus Girl * Steve Mitchell as Bartender * Jan Englund as Clara *

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as Singer

Production notes

John Zaremba, who played the doctor, would play hospital administrator Dr. Jensen on ''

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'' four years later, starring Vince Edwards. Dolores Reed was cast as Miranda while dating Hugo Haas.Clemens, Samuel. "Tall and Tawny", ''Classic Images''. September 2022 Shown on the

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show Noir Alley with

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on September 4, 2022.

References

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